Fountain-pen.



UNITED STATES` PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HOLLAND, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 703,418, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed March 17.1902. Serial No. 98,521. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern/.-

Beit known that I, JOHN HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States of America; and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain- Pens, of which the following is a specification.

The object of myinvention is a fountainpen, in using which a constant and even flow of ink is obtained without danger of iooding, even when an unusual pressure is brought to bear on the nib.

Referring to the'accompanying drawings, all the figures of which are made upon an enlarged scale, Figure l is a longitudinal central sectional view of a fountain-pen embodying my invention, showing the position of the feeder when the nib is in its normal shape, the end of the pen being broken o to economize space. Fig.`2`isa similar view showing the feeder in the shapeit-assumes when the nib is bent back. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of the feeder. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line a' z, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line o o, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail perspec-v tive view of the feeder. I. j

Barrel .A and nozzle o1l in one end-Y thereof are of ordinary construction.

Feeder B, which is made of hard rubber, has a channel b, divided by a longitudinal partition b', which comes centrally beneath the pen C. Feeder B has a longitudinal horizontal slit extending backward from its forward end beneath channel b, dividing the front end of the feeder into a shallow upper part b2, which is beneath the pen, and a lower part b3. The part b2, by reason of its small depth, is elastic and is given a permanent upward curve at itsend, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, so that before pen C is inserted in place end b2 stands above the plane in which the pen is'to lie and stands straight, as shown in Fig. 1, and bears upward against the under side of pen C when it is inserted in place betweeninozzle a and feederB, and that when the nibs are bentvupwa'rdend bzfollows them and-'remains'in contact withfthem, as shown in Fig. 2. Thus in use no 'iiooding occurs to blot the paper, as is the caseifwhere the feeder always remains straight, a space being then left between it and the nibs when the latter are bent backward by a strong pressure on them.

In use partition b assists, by reason of capillary action, in feeding the ink'forward in sufficient quantities and prevents the formation of air-bubbles from obstructing the channel. The action of the feeder in preserving the proper space between it 'and the nibs at all times prevents the ink from being drawn down too freely at any stage, so that with my pen a steady and even flow of the writing iuid is maintained.

Part b3 is left beneath part b2, both to support it when?. the penis being put in place and to give an appearance of strength to the feeder.

What'Izclaim is-f I.' In a fountainpen a feeder having a channel beneath the pen and having its end elastic and curved upward to follow the pen when the nibs are bent, substantially as shown and described.

2. In afountain-pen afeeder havinga channel beneath the pen, a longitudinal slit beneath the channel forming an elastic end upon the feeder which is bent upward to contact the pen at all times, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a fountain-pen a feeder having a channel with a central partition beneath `the pen and being curved upward at the end to contact the pen at all times,l substantially as shown and described. j

' JOHN HOLLAND.

Witnesses:

W. F. MURRAY, EMMA LYFORD. 

